Arab Deterrent Force

The Arab Deterrent Force was an international peacekeeping force created by the Arab League on 18 October 1976 in response to the Lebanese Civil War. Consisting of 30,000 troops, 25,000 of which were provided by the Syrian Arab Army, the ADF was later whittled down to Syrian troops as the other peacekeepers withdrew, and the mandate was not renewed in 1982, leaving only Syria's forces in Lebanon.